Which to use
“assurent” and “assures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,785
- “assurent” frequency rank
- #44,311
- “assures” frequency rank
- 52096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assurent | assures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assurer. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assurer. |
Same sound, different letters: assurent vs assures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. assurent runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against assures's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - assurent / assures
This is the hard kind. assurent and assures are pronounced identically (\a.syʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assurent is recorded at frequency rank #7,785, classified as averb, pronounced \a.syʁ\. assures is at rank #44,311, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.syʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52096, this pair ranks #150,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assurent vs assures
Shared letters: aersu. Private to "assurent": nt. Private to "assures": -.
"assurent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "assures" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assurent" and "assures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "assurent" or "assures"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "assurent" / "assures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assurent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assurent" and "assures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assumez vs assures". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #150,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.